COVID-19

Guidelines for prevention of COVID-19

Preventive measures include physical or social distancing, quarantining, ventilation of indoor spaces, covering coughs and sneezes, hand washing, and keeping unwashed hands away from the face. The use of face masks or coverings...

Working with CDC

Working with CDC to respond to the COVID-19 Global Pandemic

CDC in Liberia supports the training of field epidemiologists in the basic, intermediate, and advanced Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programs. These disease detectives work in relevant sectors of Liberia’s public health system, including the COVID-19 response.

About Us

AFENET Liberia

AFENET is a non-profit networking and service alliance of Field Epidemiology (and Laboratory) Training Programs (FELTPs), and other applied epidemiology training programs. AFENET has operations in over 31 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa or the World Health Organisation Africa Region (WHO – AFRO). Established in 2005, AFENET is dedicated to helping Ministries of Health in Africa build strong, effective, sustainable programs and capacity to improve public health systems on the African continent.

Our Goal

The Network

The network’s goal is to strengthen field epidemiology and public health laboratory capacity to contribute effectively to addressing epidemics and other major public health problems in Africa

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Our Operation

AFENET operates in 31 African countries: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

With the announcement of the SARS-COV-2 in January 2020, AFENET Liberia partnered the National Public Health Institute of Liberia and the Ministry of Health, Liberia in preparatory activities that culminated into the establishment of the Corona Virus Preparedness Group with emphasis on Port of Entry surveillance later in January 2020.

Actions to Consider

Guidelines for prevention of COVID-19 in public places. Learn more about AFENET response to the pandemic

Latest news

Group photo, community engagement for COVID-19 awareness in Nyounken community, Tienpo district, River Gee County, Liberia, August 2022

Community immunity for all – COVID-19 vaccination in Liberia

“Herd immunity (or community immunity) occurs when a high percentage of the community is immune to a disease (through vaccination

AFENET Liberia supported National One Health Rapid Response Team Training in Liberia

Emergency response capacity is key to containing disease outbreaks or public health emergencies. Rapid Response Team (RRT) members from various

Group photo, Risk Communication and Community Engagement workshop in Buchanan City, Grand Bassa County, Liberia

AFENET supported surveillance intervention campaign for COVID-19 vaccination in Liberia

The Ministry of Health Liberia, in collaboration with African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) Liberia with support from US CDC and

Group photo, District-level Rapid Response Team Training, Gbarpolu County, Liberia

District-level Rapid Response Team Training, Gbarpolu County, Liberia

On July 18-22, 2022, the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), in collaboration with African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET),

Liberia FETP attended the 11th TEPHINET Global Scientific Conference 2022

A Liberian Delegation comprising two senior management staff from the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), five LFETP faculty

Liberia Intermediate FETP Achieved TEPHINET Accreditation

On September 15, 2022, the TEPHINET Global Accrediting Body (GAB) conferred Accreditation status on the intermediate tier of the Liberia

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AFENETAfrica 9 hours ago

RT @AUBingwa: Today, we delve into Day 3 of the African Union COVID-19 Vaccination Bingwa Initiative Training for Eastern African Region.…

AFENETAfrica 14 hours ago

Just published in #JIEPH: Compliance to handwashing during the early phase of COVID-19 epidemic in Uganda: A nationwide cross-sectional survey > https://t.co/kOZ1sQMSL4

AFENETAfrica 2 days ago

RT @GFELTP: Ghana FELTP 5th Scientific Conference and 15th Anniversary Celebration 🎉🎉 Registration is now open 🎊 AHPC and MDC CPD accredi…

AFENETAfrica 4 days ago

Global Health Digest #34: 40 million children face measles threat; Universal flu vaccine could counter future pandemic; Global Health prize to AFENET - https://t.co/ORato7spbX

AFENETAfrica 4 days ago

“We recommend that Ministry of Health investigates the specific risk factors for dysentery during rainy seasons to inform prevention measures and identifies approaches to improve laboratory confirmation capacity.”

AFENETAfrica 4 days ago

Maureen Nabatanzi et al, publishing in @AFENETAfrica’s #JIEPH concluded that during 2014-2018, annual incidence of suspected dysentery in Uganda declined while proportion of cases confirmed increased; disease peaks occurred during rainy seasons. >

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